Regions Test

Question 1

What are the 7 regions in order?

Answer 1

1. Agriculture interior
2. The north
3. Western Cordillera
4. Appalachia
5. Industrial Heartland
6. The south
7. Central America and the Caribbean

Question 2

What is the main rock structure or geologic feature of the agricultural interior?

Answer 2

Sedimentary rock

Question 3

How many prairie levels are there if you travelled east to west in the agricultural interior?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What type of climate does the 1st region have?

Answer 4

Continental climate- really hot or really cold.

Question 5

What 2 word phrase describe the farming practice where the farmer tried to do more with his crop?

Answer 5

Value added

Question 6

What word is used to refer to farming and all the business that service?

Answer 6

Agribusiness

Question 7

This second region has 3 sub regions: the Canadian Shield, the interior plains and arctic archipelago? What is the archipelago

Answer 7

A chain of islands.

Question 8

List 3 of the most outstanding way to view natural resources in The north?

Answer 8

Consumer view, conservation view or tourist type view.

Question 9

Two main types of vegetation in region 2

Answer 9

Tundra and boreal forest

Question 10

Main source of power in region 2?

Answer 10

Hydro electricity

Question 11

Two methods of mining?

Answer 11

Open pit and shaft

Question 12

Name the lowest point in region 3

Answer 12

Death Valley

Question 13

Two mountain ranges in region 3

Answer 13

The Rockies, costal range-volcanic

Question 14

Least explosive volcano type?

Answer 14

Shield volcano

Question 15

3 main ways of of cutting down forests?

Answer 15

Clear cutting, selective cutting and patch cutting. Most destructive is clear cutting

Question 16

What are the two sources of soil creation?

Answer 16

Glaciers and mtn. Ranges

Question 17

Name the oldest mountain range in North America?

Answer 17

The Appalachian mountains

Question 18

Region 4 has some of the worlds largest deposits of which kind of fossil fuel?

Answer 18

Coal

Question 19

What type of transportation is cheapest in region 4

Answer 19

Water transportation

Question 20

In region 4 what has become one of the main sources of employment.

Answer 20

Tourism

Question 21

Which 2 crop types have done well for farmers in region 4

Answer 21

Potatoes and fruit

Question 22

What word do we use to refer to large scale manufacturing of goods.

Answer 22

Industry

Question 23

What happens at the 3 level

Answer 23

Sales and service of products

Question 24

Name 2 of the biggest issues that region 5 deals with?

Answer 24

Pollution and loss of farmland

Question 25

Most electrical power in region 5 tends to come from what 2 sources?

Answer 25

Coal and nuclear power plants

Question 26

Before industrialization came to region 6 what type of labourers were used?

Answer 26

Slaves

Question 27

What natural disaster is common in region 6

Answer 27

Hurricanes

Question 28

What causes these natural disasters?

Answer 28

Rising ocean temperatures from increased climate change.

Question 29

Where in the region do many Canadians and other people come to

Answer 29

Florida- Disney land

Question 30

Name 3 issues mentioned in your study sheet that this region has had to face regularly

Answer 30

Drain the swamp, battle against floods, repairing damage from hurricanes

Question 31

What seems to be the main cause of earthquake and volcanic eruptions in region 7?

Answer 31

Crustal plate movement

Question 32

What does the climate tend to be like in region 7

Answer 32

Hot and humid

Question 33

The farms in region 7 tend to be dependent upon human labour and are called what type of farm?

Answer 33

Subsistence or survival farming

Question 34

What are the roads like in region 7

Answer 34

Poor and undeveloped

Question 35

What type of money making industry is huge in region 7?

Answer 35

Tourism

Question 36

What happens at level 2

Answer 36

Turning raw materials into usable products